Members
Ross Mason, Chairman
Madison, GA
Mason is the founder of HINRI Ventures, a health care nanotechnology venture capital firm. He volunteers with humanitarian groups such as the Georgia Free Clinic Network, the Mercy Board and the Samaritan's Board, which he founded. Mason earned his undergraduate degree in industrial and systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his graduate degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. His education also includes summer programs at Oxford University in Oxford, England, and Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.
Norman "Norm" L. Boyd, Vice Chairman
Alpharetta, GA
Boyd is a founder and Managing Partner in the consultancy firm Partners for Business Success, LLC which assist business clients in improving their operational results. This firm consisting of proven senior level executives began in 2010. Prior to PBS, he was a seventeen year Corporate Officer of AGCO Corporation a Duluth, Ga. based Fortune 500 international company engaged in the manufacture and marketing of agricultural equipment. His leadership background includes multi-discipline positions in sales and marketing, corporate development, strategic planning, international business unit management and Senior Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources. As a part of the Human Resource responsibilities, he was in charge of all employee benefit programs for the company's global work force of 15,000 people. As a Corporate Officer, Boyd worked directly with the Board of Director committee's for Executive Compensation and Succession Planning. He holds a B.S. Business Administration degree from Indiana University and completed the Executive Management Program at Dartmouth College. Norm and his wife Colleen reside in Johns Creek, Ga.
Archer R. Rose, Secretary
Conyers, GA
Rose is a consultant with Rose Healthcare Consulting. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a senior active member of the Conyers Rotary Club. He is a past chairman of the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Hospital Association. He is a former board member of the Georgia State Board of Nursing Home Administrators and the Georgia Hospital Insurance Agency, Inc. Rose earned a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College and a master's degree in hospital administration from the Medical College of Virginia. He and his wife, Marsha, have two children.
Inman "Buddy" English, M.D.
Warner Robins, GA
English is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a member of the Georgia Master Gardeners Association, the Native Plant Society of Georgia, and the American Camellia Society. English earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Georgia and a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia.
Hannah K. Heck
Atlanta, GA
Heck most recently served as policy director for Governor Perdue. Prior to her role as director, she served as general government and criminal justice policy advisor where she advanced the Governor's legislative and policy agenda and advised the Governor on operational, budget, and policy direction for the state of Georgia, specifically on highway safety, corrections and technology issues, among others. Heck earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and attends Emory University School of Law. She and her husband, Jeffery, have two children.
Jamie E. Pennington
Sandy Springs, GA
Pennington is a founding member and chairman of Flexible Executives, LLC. She is a managing director of Caris and Company. She serves on the board of Mana Concepts, LLC, the parent company of Flexible Executives and is a member of the Sandy Springs Business Administration. She has also been a guest on CNBC, WFOX, and WSB 750AM. She is a former vice president of Wachovia Security as well as a former managing director at Capitol One. Pennington earned a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University. She and her husband, Scott, have three children.
William "Bill" H. Wallace Jr.
Acworth, GA
Wallace is past associate vice chancellor for Human Resources for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and past director of human resources at Kennesaw State University. He was the first assistant director of human resources at Georgia Southern University. He is a member of the Hewitt Associates University Pathfinder program. He co-chaired Commission for New Georgia's task force that reviewed the State Health Benefit Plan and Commission for New Georgia's task force that reviewed Recruitment, Retention, and Retiree Benefit Strategies. Wallace earned a bachelor's and master's degree from Georgia Southern University. He and he his wife, Lana, have one child.
Mary Eleanor Wickersham, DPA
Wickersham is an assistant professor at Valdosta State University. She is past health and human services policy advisor for Governor Sonny Perdue. She serves on the Georgia Commission on Family Violence. Wickersham earned a bachelor's degree from Emory University, a master's degree from Georgia College and State University, and a doctorate from Valdosta State University.